Regina Donlin

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Regina Donlin is a pioneering researcher in the field of robotic telesurgery, with a focus on developing interoperable communication standards and long-distance teleoperation systems. Her work addresses the critical challenge of enabling seamless connectivity between heterogeneous surgical robots, drawing inspiration from the Internet's role in unifying disparate computing systems. In her highly cited 2009 paper, "Preliminary protocol for interoperable telesurgery" (28 citations), Donlin proposed a foundational specification that promises to accelerate research and development by standardizing robot communication protocols. She further demonstrated the practical potential of her ideas in a 2008 study (27 citations), where she successfully teleoperated a surgical robot via airborne wireless radio and transatlantic Internet links. This landmark achievement showcased the feasibility of remote surgery across vast distances, overcoming latency and reliability barriers. Donlin's contributions are instrumental in paving the way for global, collaborative surgical care, and her work continues to inspire advances in telemedicine and robotic interoperability.